Object As...with Alex Anderson

Burn It All Away depicts an idyllic nature scene catching fire under the rays of a burning sun while an anthropomorphized gazing pool smiles in witness to this circumstance. Wet footprints step away from the pool, suggesting the departure of the reflected subject, or perhaps of the reflection itself....

....The pool smiles because the physical body it was reflecting is free of the pain and confines of a disorder people often think of as an unabated self-love at the expense of those who interact with the narcissist, when in fact the narcissist lives in a state of unseen suffering.

See Alex's object and read his full statement and the curator's statement here. 

Recommended reading by the artist: 

Narcissism: Denial of the True Self by Alexander Lowen

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

American Craft Podcast thanks our guest, Alex Anderson. See more of his work at www.alexalexalexalex.com and follow @100alexanderson.

American Craft Podcast also thanks our host and producer Sarah Rachel Brown from perceivedvaluepodcast.com. Follow @sarahrachelbrown.

Music is produced by Hamilton Boyce. Find him at hamiltonboyce.com and follow @hamiltonboyce.

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